 Well, good morning everyone and can I welcomestock members to the 20th meeting in 2017 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. We have received apologies from David Torrance this morning and regret that he will be unable to join us this morning. Moving now to agenda item one, which is instruments subject to affirmative procedure, No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the Draft Carers Scotland Act 2016, agreements of a specified kind, regulations 2017. The committee content with this instrument. Agenda item 2 is instrument subject to negative procedure and the next instrument for consideration is the environmental impact assessment miscellaneous amendments, Scotland regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 168. The purpose of this instrument is to amend five instruments that the committee drew to the attention of the Parliament in reports dated 26 April and 3 May 2017. Our legal advisers have identified an issue in relation to an amendment made to the agriculture, land drainage and irrigation projects environmental impact assessment, Scotland regulations 2017. The definition of project in relation to one of those regulations could still be clearer despite the minor amendments made by Regulation 5.2 of the instrument. In particular, it could still be clearer that sub-paragraphs 1 to 5 applied to paragraph A in addition to paragraph B in that definition. Accordingly, does the committee agree to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament under reporting grounds H for the reasons that I have just outlined? I agree. Thank you. The Scottish Government did not take the opportunity afforded by the amending instrument to amend schedule 6 of the town and country planning environmental impact assessment, Scotland regulations 2017, despite the committee calling on it to do so. The reference in that schedule to the waste meaning of hazardous waste and European waste catalogue miscellaneous amendments, Scotland regulations 2016, remains incorrect because those regulations are 2015 regulations. Does the committee therefore agree to express its disappointment that the Scottish Government did not take the opportunity to amend schedule 6 of the town and country planning environmental impact assessment, Scotland regulations 2017? I agree. Nonetheless, does the committee agree to welcome that the Scottish Government has laid an amending instrument seeking to rectify the errors relating to those instruments identified by the committee at its meeting of 25 April and 2 May 2017? I agree to that. No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the Police Act 1997, Criminal Records Scotland, regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 171, or the mental health tribunal for Scotland, practice and procedure number 2, amendment rules 2017, SSI 2017, number 172, or the mental health conflict of interest, Scotland regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 174, or the mental health patient representation prescribed persons Scotland regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 175, or the mental health certificates for medical treatment, Scotland regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 176, or the milk and other products, pupils and educational establishments, Scotland regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 178, or the seed fees, etc., Scotland regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 179, or amendment number 3, regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 187, or the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Scotland, amendment order 2017, SSI 2017, number 189. Is the committee content with these instruments? Yes. Many thanks. Agenda item 3 is instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure, and no points have been raised by our legal advisers on the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm Scotland Act 2016, commencement number 2, regulations 2017, SSI 2017, number 183, or the act of siderent rules of the court of session, share of appeal court rules and share of court rules amendment, lay representation 2017, SSI 2017, number 186, so is the committee content with these instruments? Content. Thank you. I now move to agenda item 4. Agenda item 4 is the consideration of the Scottish Government's response to the committee's recommendation at stage 1 of the Child Poverty Scotland Bill. The committee made one recommendation in relation to the bill. Section 3.2 provides that the Scottish ministers may, by regulations, change the base date mentioned for the time being in subsection 1 for measuring the absolute poverty target. Currently, the base date is set as the financial year beginning of 1 April 2010. Section 3.3 provides that this power is subject to the negative procedure. The committee recommended that section 3.3 should be amended so that the power is subject to the affirmative procedure. The Scottish Government has responded to the stage 1 report of the Social Security Committee as the lead committee on the bill. In doing so, it has agreed to the committee's recommendations. Accordingly, the committee agreed to welcome the Scottish Government's intention to bring forward the amendment at stage 2 that I have just outlined. Aged. Thank you. I now close the meeting.